Curtain and shade holder.



' witm cooeo I G. L. SMITH.

GURTAIN AND SHADE HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 17, 1911.

1,030,340, Patented June 25, 1912.

GEORGE L. SMITH, OF SOUTH KAUKAUNA, WISCONSIN.

CURTAIN AND SHADE HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented June 25, 1912.

Application filed May 17, 1911. Serial No. 627,770.

To all whom it may concern: 7

Be it known that I, GEORGE L. SMITH, a citizen of the United States, residing at South Kaukauna, in the county of Outagamie and State of lVisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Curtain and Shade Holders; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to the brackets for holding curtain poles and shade rollers, and the object of the same is to produce a holder capable of attachment to window and door jambs of various width and carrying brackets of which one supports the curtain pole and the other is adjustably mounted and supports the shade roller. This object is carried out by the construction hereinafter more fully described and claimed, and as shown in the drawings wherein- Figure 1 is a front elevation of the holder complete, showing the shade bracket standing over the face of the base. Fig. 2 is a horizontal section through Fig. 1 on the line 22, showing the holder as attached to a door jamb. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the device with the shade roller bracket inverted and attached to the base in such manner that its foot extends over the inner ear thereof. Fig. 4 is a perspective detail of the holder taken from the opposite end thereof and with the shade bracket omitted.

In the drawings the letter B designates broadly the base, C the bracket for holding the curtain pole, and S the bracket for holding the shade roller; and these parts I will describe separately. Each is by preference made of metal of a proper size and thickness, ornamented and finished as desired, and possibly departing from the details in the following specification in unimportant particulars. It is to be understood that the entire device is to be made in two complementary members right and left, although I have shown only that which goes at the right of a doorway or window.

The base B comprises a fiat plate 1 which has a series of holes 2 near its upper edge and may well have holes 2 whereby it may be secured to the face of a door or window jamb by screws as usual if desired, although I provide means for attaching it removably thereto and without sinking any screws in the woodwork as I will now describe. At

the left upper corner of the plate 1 is an ear 3 which is by preference secured to the plate by screws 4 so that this ear may be adjusted; and at the right upper corner of said plate is another car 5 secured to the plate by a set screw 6 entering a lug 7 on the plate which is provided for receiving the threads of the screw. Both ears are by preference lined on their inner sides with rubber or felt 8 so that they will not mar the woodwork of the window or door jamb. hen the base is applied thereto, the left ear 3 is usually set up tight and the right ear 5 is adjusted by means of a set screw 6; but on occasions it will occur that the right hand door jamb is near the corner of the room where the adjustment of the set screw 6 cannot take place, and in that case the screws 1 will be adjusted at the other side of the plate. In some instances it may occur that the door jamb is so extremely thick that both adjustments are necessary, but this will be understood. The inner faces of the ears, where covered with the cushions, may be shaped to conform with the edges of the door or window jamb if the latter be other than straight.

The curtain-pole bracket C may well be attached fixedly or integrally to the base B, especially if the device be made right and left as above suggested. It comprises an upright portion 10 having an opening 11 for a purpose to be described hereinafter, a fork 12 at its upper end for receiving an ordinary curtain pole, a set screw 13 through the front arm of this fork so as to lock the pole in place, and an up- I standing pointed rear arm 14 to this fork which will be passed through the hole in the tubular curtain poles sometimes employed in commerce of today. The whole may be ornamented and elaborated as desired without departing from the spirit of my inven tion.

The shade roller bracket S comprises an arm 20 having a longitudinal slot 21, and an upturned foot 22 standing at right angles to and projecting forward from the left end of the arm, and rising considerably above the upper edge of the latter. Through the body of this foot is formed two openings 23 and 2 1, one of which may be in its extreme upper end and one of which may also be round while the other is angular to receive the respective trunnions of the shade roller in a manner well understood. Finally, this i the roller is to stand over the face of the device is secured to the base by means of set screws 25 which pass through the slot 21 and take into holes 2 in the base at proper points.

After the base has been attached to the window or door jamb in a manner which will be clear, the curtain pole if it be round is laid within the fork 12 and the set screws of the two devices set up tight to hold it in place. Or if it be a small tube its holes are passed over the pointed arms 14. Then the shade brackets are brought into place and applied to the face of the base and adjusted by setting up the screws 25 so that the feet 22 of the two devices are spaced a proper distance apart to cause the openings therein to engage the trunnions of the shade roller in a manner which will be clear. If

window, the shade bracket is applied as seen in Fig. 1; if the roller is to stand between the window jambs, this bracket may be inverted and applied as seen in Fig. 3, and in the act of inverting it the foot 22 is caused to pass to the rear over the ear 3 and into the window frame as will be understood. The opening 11 in the curtain bracket C is for the purpose of allowing the arm 20 of the shade bracket S to pass therethrough when the shade roller is extremely long and the shade brackets must be adjusted far apart.

Thus it will be seen that I have produced a device which will both support the curtain pole whatever its type and the shade roller wherever the latter is to be'hung, and

there is no shade, the brackets S may be omitted. The cushionson the ears 3 and 5 prevent the latter from marring or injuring the woodwork of the door or window jamb if this device is applied by a tenant who is only temporarily in possession; otherwise he may prefer to remove the ears entirely and apply the plate 1 by means of screws passing through the holes 2 and into the woodwork of the jamb.

What is claimed as new is:

A curtain pole and shade roller holder made in duplicate members whereof each comprises a flat base plate having a series of holes in the body and ears at its upper corners projecting to the rear and adapted to engage the edges of the window jamb, means for adjusting one ear, a roller bracket comprising a longitudinally slotted arm and a foot standing in a plane at right angles thereto and united at one of its corners with the outer end of said arm, the foot being pierced with openings for the roller-fixtures, a screw passing through the slot into one of the holes in said base plate, and. a pole bracket mounted on the latter and having an opening of a size to receive said arm and disposed in alinement with it.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

Witnesses:

J OSEPH X. HEOKLE, W. G. SULLIVAN.

GEORGE L. SMITH.

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